Churchill Confidential

The dusty notebooks of wartime cabinet secretary Norman Brook have lain unopened for over 60 years, but now on the day of their public release, the journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler helps recreate the mood of those tetchy cabinet meetings in this fast-moving drama-documentary.

We hear, in their own words, the disputes and fears that Churchill's cabinet had to struggle with during the darkest days of the Second World War.

What is now revealed gives a vivid insight into some of the most dramatic decisions taken by that small group of men who shaped the nation's destiny.

Station

Radio 4

Radio 4

Station

Radio 4

Series

Afternoon Play/Theatre

Duration

45 Minutes

Episodes

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20060101

20061226

The dusty notebooks of wartime cabinet secretary Norman Brook have lain unopened for over 60 years, but now on the day of their public release, the journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler helps recreate the mood of those tetchy cabinet meetings in this fast-moving drama-documentary.

We hear, in their own words, the disputes and fears that Churchill's cabinet had to struggle with during the darkest days of the Second World War.

What is now revealed gives a vivid insight into some of the most dramatic decisions taken by that small group of men who shaped the nation's destiny.

The dusty notebooks of wartime cabinet secretary Norman Brook have lain unopened for over 60 years, but now on the day of their public release, the journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler helps recreate the mood of those tetchy cabinet meetings in this fast-moving drama-documentary.

We hear, in their own words, the disputes and fears that Churchill's cabinet had to struggle with during the darkest days of the Second World War.

What is now revealed gives a vivid insight into some of the most dramatic decisions taken by that small group of men who shaped the nation's destiny.

The dusty notebooks of wartime cabinet secretary Norman Brook have lain unopened for over 60 years, but now on the day of their public release, the journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler helps recreate the mood of those tetchy cabinet meetings in this fast-moving drama-documentary.

We hear, in their own words, the disputes and fears that Churchill's cabinet had to struggle with during the darkest days of the Second World War. What is now revealed gives a vivid insight into some of the most dramatic decisions taken by that small group of men who shaped the nation's destiny.

Director Penny Leicester. Producer David Prest.

20061226

Drama documentary re-creating the meetings of Churchill's cabinet during the darkest days of the Second World War. Charles Wheeler sets the scene from the notes of wartime cabinet secretary Norman Brook, which have been released to the public.

Penny Leicester's dramatisation of the notebooks of former cabinet secretary Norman Brook, containing verbatim accounts of the cabinet's discussions during the period of Winston Churchill's premiership between October 1951 and April 1955.

Veteran journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler helps recreate the political mood of the times in this gripping and fast-moving drama-documentary.

Episodes

Title

FirstBroadcast

Repeated

Comments

20060101

20061226

The dusty notebooks of wartime cabinet secretary Norman Brook have lain unopened for over 60 years, but now on the day of their public release, the journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler helps recreate the mood of those tetchy cabinet meetings in this fast-moving drama-documentary.

We hear, in their own words, the disputes and fears that Churchill's cabinet had to struggle with during the darkest days of the Second World War.

What is now revealed gives a vivid insight into some of the most dramatic decisions taken by that small group of men who shaped the nation's destiny.

The dusty notebooks of wartime cabinet secretary Norman Brook have lain unopened for over 60 years, but now on the day of their public release, the journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler helps recreate the mood of those tetchy cabinet meetings in this fast-moving drama-documentary.

We hear, in their own words, the disputes and fears that Churchill's cabinet had to struggle with during the darkest days of the Second World War.

What is now revealed gives a vivid insight into some of the most dramatic decisions taken by that small group of men who shaped the nation's destiny.

The dusty notebooks of wartime cabinet secretary Norman Brook have lain unopened for over 60 years, but now on the day of their public release, the journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler helps recreate the mood of those tetchy cabinet meetings in this fast-moving drama-documentary.

We hear, in their own words, the disputes and fears that Churchill's cabinet had to struggle with during the darkest days of the Second World War. What is now revealed gives a vivid insight into some of the most dramatic decisions taken by that small group of men who shaped the nation's destiny.

Director Penny Leicester. Producer David Prest.

20061226

Drama documentary re-creating the meetings of Churchill's cabinet during the darkest days of the Second World War. Charles Wheeler sets the scene from the notes of wartime cabinet secretary Norman Brook, which have been released to the public.

Penny Leicester's dramatisation of the notebooks of former cabinet secretary Norman Brook, containing verbatim accounts of the cabinet's discussions during the period of Winston Churchill's premiership between October 1951 and April 1955.

Veteran journalist and broadcaster Charles Wheeler helps recreate the political mood of the times in this gripping and fast-moving drama-documentary.